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Tokyo tower shows off breathtaking views (2,080 ft. tower)
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| April 17, 2012
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Posted on 04/17/2012 8:08:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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That is an incredible view. I spent 2 weekends at heights up to 1350 ft. on what was at one time the tallest broadcast tower in the world (1450 ft. then).
That was an amazing view and incredible drop in temperature at that height. Can you imagine 2,080 feet?
At 64 I still own a climbing belt. It is often in my pickup.
To: Texas Fossil
Tall in stature, steep in price (to go up). ;-)
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:10:43 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Study closely socialist Hugo Chavez' usage of 'popular masses' in the streets to thwart 1992 coup)
To: Texas Fossil
incredible drop in temperature at that height. Can you imagine 2,080 feet? I imagine there'd be a little nip in the air.
To: Texas Fossil
You have my respect.
But I wouldn't do it anymore. I spent a lot of my youth hanging off towers and installing beam antennas that were MUCH larger and heavier than me.
Which was fine, before a)I figured out that I could die horribly and b) bifocals.
I get dizzy on a stepladder unless I take my glasses off. ;)
/johnny
To: Texas Fossil
What broadcast tower was that?
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:17:21 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Texas Fossil
That’s way better than climbing the water tower.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:17:21 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:17:42 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Charles Henrickson
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:18:18 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Yep, that one cost some bucks (or yen) and was quite an engineering feat. Imagine, free standing.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:18:29 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: DManA
I would love to do the Grand Canyon Skywalk
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:21:27 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Texas Fossil
I spent 2 weekends at heights up to 1350 ft. on what was at one time the tallest broadcast tower in the world (1450 ft. then).
Did it move much? I've done some mountain climbing and
didn't think a tower would be any big thing. Then I got up
one that was only a couple hundred feet. Dang thing swayed
like crazy! I felt like a rat on a fishing pole! Scared the
crap out of me.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:21:51 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Never did it for money. This was another Ham Radio project. We replace the hardline from the 650’ mark to the 1350’ mark. A lot of work. Block & tackle and more than a few on the tower. The tower was 1450 ft. tall, but I never went above the 1350 ft. point. Too close to the broadcast antennas.
We had a VHF repeater on that tower. Chief engineer liked us, was a Ham too.
Big problem I had was one of my friends mailed me photo’s from the project and our work. My wife “was not” impressed. hee hee hee
Still have the photo’s on one of my older computers.
Haven’t been on anything over 100 ft. in a while.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:24:11 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: mylife
That would be a real thrill during an earthquake. I’ve been on tall towers in the wind.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:24:46 PM PDT
by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: Texas Fossil
IIRC, temperature drops 1 degree C for every 1,000 feet of gain in altitude.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:25:03 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:25:03 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:26:02 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: DManA
Pretty amazing site. Thanks
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:28:58 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: umgud
Yeah, Me too.
I dont care for that wiggly jiggly thing when all you have is legs and arms locked in the ladder like a pretzel.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:30:20 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: CrazyIvan
No, it was pretty stable. Never worried about that.
But a few years later they had an ice storm that almost brought it down. Started to shed the ice and developed an oscillation that came close to destroying it.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:31:27 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Seemed a lot more than that. Was glad I wore a light jacket.
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posted on
04/17/2012 8:32:57 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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